CEDR - Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource
Operating as a public-use data repository,
CEDR is a prime example of the Department's
commitment to worker and community health programs.
The internet presence and capabilities of CEDR
facilitate the sharing of information and de-identified
data collected during DOE-supported epidemiologic,
environmental, and related health studies.
The CEDR website (http://cedr.lbl.gov)
is visited hundreds of times each day, and about
1500 websites, including hundreds of university
or governmental websites, have links to CEDR.
This further leverages DOE's investment in health-related
data already collected at public expense by
maximizing the utilization of these data on
a world-wide scale. De-identified study data
are incorporated into CEDR as soon as studies
are completed and researchers have provided
files and documentation.
CEDR's large collection primarily pertains
to occupational epidemiologic studies conducted
at many nuclear weapons plants, such as Hanford,
Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Rocky Flats, and Savannah
River. They include data from cohort and case-control
design studies, many of which have individual-level
radiation exposure measurements. Additionally,
CEDR presents data from studies of past DOE
releases of hazardous materials that entered
the environment of nearby communities, as well
as data from classic studies of radiation health
effects, such as the radium dial painters. The
sharing of these data, at no cost to the user,
encourages independent scientific inquiry and
diversity of analyses. A CEDR catalog
can be viewed or downloaded from http://cedr.lbl.gov.
Accomplishments: The following accomplishments
illustrate CEDR's achieving its goal of serving
as a public-use data repository that recognizes
the public's right to know about worker and
community health risks and facilitates the sharing
of these data collected during DOE-sponsored
studies.
- CEDR staff at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory ensured that CEDR's web presence,
CEDRView, was online more than 99 percent
of the time and responded to an average of
500 visits a day - making CEDR a prime example
of "expanded electronic government."
- CEDR staff incorporated data file sets within
30 days of their being submitted with all
proper documentation. Recent additions include
the very large data file set relating to the
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Worker
Study.
- Incorporated data sets are promptly announced
on CEDRView, making these data extremely visible
to the public, academia and the occupational
health community. CEDR has now delivered more
than 30,000,000 data records to its authorized
users since 2001.
- An online catalog of CEDR data file sets
and contextual materials is maintained, and
phone requests for catalogs and assistance
are processed within one day.
- CEDR expanded and enhanced its holdings
by implementing an interactive, geographical
information system (GIS) application allowing
CEDR users to display tables and maps of the
concentrations of hazardous materials released
to the environment during historical operations
at the large production sites of Hanford,
Oak Ridge, and Rocky Flats.
- CEDR data, especially the de-identified
dosimetry and work history information, is
of considerable interest to researchers involved
in activities for the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA)
and for the Veterans Administration.
Program Manager: Marsha Lawn
Related Documents & Links
CEDR brochure (2,990KB)
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Radiation Studies
Easy Access to
Oak Ridge Off-site Dose Reconstruction Study
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) Occupational Energy Research
Program
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page was last updated on
June 06, 2008
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